"ladyboy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪdiˌbɔɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ladyboy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ladyboys [plural]
Etymology: lady + boy Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lady|boy}} lady + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} ladyboy (plural ladyboys)
  1. (colloquial, chiefly Thailand) A trans woman or transfeminine person in or from Asia. Wikipedia link: ladyboy Tags: Thailand, colloquial Categories (topical): LGBT, People, Transgender Related terms: kathoey, shemale Translations (effeminate homosexual man, especially an intergender person — see also kathoey): 人妖 (rényāo) (Chinese Mandarin), napsu (Finnish), transu (Finnish), kikityty (Finnish), ladyboy (english: anglicism) [masculine] (French), ქალაბიჭა (kalabič̣a) (Georgian), Ladyboy (english: anglicism) [masculine, uncommon] (German), ខ្ទើយ (khtəəy) (Khmer), ກະເທີຍ (ka thœ̄i) (Lao), ladyboy [masculine] (Polish), ледибо́й (ledibój) (english: anglicism) [masculine] (Russian), ladyboy (english: anglicism) [common-gender] (Swedish), flickpojke [common-gender] (Swedish), กะเทย (gà-təəi) (Thai)

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